Sports Shorts: Alves fumes, Serena reigns, Indian women's hockey team thrashed

Dani Alves has hit out at Spain for being "very backward" in its approach towards racism and believes the fan who hurled a banana on the pitch in Barcelona's game away to Villarreal on Sunday......

Deco to quit international football post World Cup

Portugal midfielder Deco has decided to retire from international football after the World Cup finals in South Africa. "I will close my cycle (with the Portugal team) at the end of the World Cup,......

Chapecoense set to be named Copa Sudamericana champions

'In addition Chapecoense will receive the two million dollars in prize money.' IMAGE: Relatives of the members of Brazilian team Chapecoense Real pay tribute at the club's Arena Conda stadium in......

Grieving Brazilian town receives bodies of soccer crash victims

IMAGE: Relatives of players of Brazil's Chapecoense soccer team cry before a ceremony mourning the victims at Arena Conda stadium in Chapeco, Brazil, on Friday. Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters......

Why has Brazil shunned Pele at the World Cup

He's 'the king', renowned as football's greatest ever and the icon of Brazilian World Cup success. But with the tournament finally back in his home country, it seems somebody forgot......